If we made the police academy a 4-year program I bet we'd get rid of a lot of the "bad apples." I don't understand how a lawyer has to go to school for 8 years to understand the law enough to practice it, but it only takes 6 months to learn it enough to enforce it.
I like the idea of "don't save the candles"
meaning: don't hold up your present joy, hoarding it for an unspecified future day/time when you feel ready.
burn the candles, spend time with the people you love, dance more. joy is abundant, but time is limited to feel it